Re: [REVIEW] Don't make lazy counters default for mkfs

[Donald Douwsma <donaldd@xxxxxxx>]

Nathan Scott wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 17:19 -0600, Russell Cattelan wrote:
>>> I thought about that; xfs *could* stick someting in /proc/fs/xfs
>> with
>>> supported features or somesuch.
>>>
>>> But, the kernel you mkfs under isn't necessarily the one you're
>> going to
>>> need to fall back to tomorrow, though...
>>>
>>>   
>> True but at least it could make a bit of a intelligent decision.
>> and maybe a warning for a while about potentially incompatible flags. 
> 
> Might also be a good idea to require -f to force a mkfs of a filesystem
> which the kernel doesn't support.

Could work but I dont like the idea of using -f for anything but mkfsing an
existing filesystem. If that becomes habit for people it could lead to 
disasters.

Don